Boy bands are officially BACK! Click through for pics of the hottest groups then and now, and VOTE for your favorite boy band of all time!

We can’t help but notice some striking similarities between the hottest all-guy groups of the moment (One Direction, The Wanted) and the very first boy bands — like The Beatles! British band One Direction’s super-fast rise to fame gives us deja vu, since it’s so similar to The Beatles’ worldwide takeover in the ’60s. Click through our gallery to see pics of our favorite boy bands then and now — and see who we’re dubbing the *NSYNC of 2012!Read More, See Pics, and VOTE!